CCP propagandist calls on Musk to remove state-affiliated label from Twitter

A Chinese Communist Party propagandist is calling on Elon Musk to remove the “state-affiliated media” label from the former’s Twitter account when Musk takes over the tech company amid speculation that China may attempt to use the billionaire’s Chinese business dealings as leverage.

Twitter agreed to sell the company last week for $44 billion to Musk, who plans to take it private. Tesla is currently the world’s largest electric vehicle company, and Musk is heavily investing in China to make and sell his electric cars. He has repeatedly complimented the CCP for its economic policies, even as the United States is relying on another Musk company, SpaceX, to launch satellites and astronauts into space.